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Town Open Space (Old Black Point Road)

Town Open Space (Old Black Point Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Old Black Point Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Ridge Hill stands 134 m to the north, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Southeast Of Brainard Road), a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 10 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.29981, -72.21588

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • McCook Point Park: 1.6 mi
  • Four Mile River Boat Launch: 1.8 mi
  • Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Dodge Pond Boat Launch: 2.0 mi
  • Nickerson Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Ararat: 1.7 mi
  • Baptist Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Amon Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Green Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Durfey Hill: 3.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Bride Brook Historical Plaque: 1.8 mi
  • East Lyme Veterans Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Columbo Statue: 6.9 mi
  • South Battery: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Silver Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Cascade: 10.8 mi
  • Cascade: 11.0 mi
  • Cascade: 13.8 mi
  • Cascade: 13.9 mi
Attractions: 26
  • The Whale: 7.4 mi
  • turtle rock: 10.2 mi
  • tri-town marker: 10.5 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 11.1 mi
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 12.0 mi
Artworks: 21
Gardens: 20
  • Rock Garden: 5.3 mi
  • West Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Cutting Garden: 5.4 mi
  • East Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 13.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Town Open Space (Old Black Point Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ridge HillN 8°134 m9.0 mi
Grassy HillNNW 335°129 m7.7 mi
Nickerson HillNW 320°123 m8.9 mi
Morgan HillN 8°120 m7.8 mi
Polly HillN 8°117 m7.3 mi
Konomoc HillNNE 18°112 m7.7 mi
Brown HillNW 318°112 m8.1 mi
Beaverdam HillNNE 15°105 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1719:4420:26
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1215:3916:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239485766727265544537
Precip in2.72.23.83.63.33.33.23.33.83.73.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439435

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